23 August 2014. A new book by PDAA member Amb. William A. Rugh, Front Line Public Diplomacy, describes the practice of public diplomacy by U.S. embassies, as they deal with more channels of communications and encounter sophisticated use of those channels by adversaries. According to publisher Palgrave Macmillan, the book:

… analyzes the communication tools our public diplomacy professionals use, and how they employ interpersonal and language skills to engage […]

A panel including Jarek Anders, at lectern, discussed Russia and Ukraine before a packed house at PDAA’s September 8 lunch program.

Updated: 20 September 2014.

PDAA kicked off its fall season with a topic that could not be timelier – Russia and Ukraine – looking not so much at the state of the current conflict, but at some of the undercurrents within the countries, particularly in the area of human rights, and how Russia […]